Current Status
For the current status see the PIRATE News page.
See also the photo gallery of PIRATE's early days, showing PIRATE in its old enclosure.
| Current status |
See the PIRATE News page. |
| Earlier status updates: |
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| October 2008 |
New remote power switch added |
| August 2008 |
Remote operations enabled,
commissioning underway |
| July 2008 |
Hardware upgrade: rewiring,
installation of remote switches and webcam |
| April 2008 |
Main local software
installation concluded; await minor hardware improvements before web access control is installed |
| March 2008 |
PIRATE had first light, with
pointing, autofocus, tracking and autoguiding in place. A number of frames were taken (see photogallery). |